DonaldWinkler

A friend told me to watch this and I just binged through 6 episode while being on an endless bus ride through Europe. Never heard of Celeste or anybody involved in this, except Miranda "Eowyn" Otto of course, (who's role in this is an absolute highlight) and I was entertained greatly.

What starts of as a typical "woman struggling in her 40s" plot, soon surprises with sudden twists, incredibly lewd jokes, hilarious characters and a very sweet and heartwarming journey to self-discovery, lifelong friendships and about dealing with family affairs and the courage it takes to become a better person even when the odds are all against you.

Very clever, very funny and very mean in the best possible and charming way.

Definitely would watch a second season!

Somehow someone green lighting this mess must have been on a mission of creating something really sophisticated and 'thought provoking' while trying to hit all the check marks the 'what worked well before on Netflix'-algorithm spat out. So they hired this director who seems to be trying so hard to be the next Woody Allen and an early Steven Spielberg at the same time on this one but then failing in epic ways.

Sometimes 'fake it till you make it' works but it definitely didn't in this case.

The result is a really off-putting movie in the most boring and joyless fashion possible.

It's like Stranger Things and Don't Look Up mixed with a severe amount of misanthropic sentiment and an underlying immature hate for the middle class family.

Better get therapy and leave the movie making to others.